📰 Dev.to · Archit Mittal

A Chartered Accountant firm automated ITR filing with a Python script built in one weekend — saving 209 hours and ₹3.1L in seasonal hiring costs.

Build enterprise-grade business automation using free Python tools. No SaaS subscriptions needed. Real Indian business examples with ₹ savings breakdown.

Every vendor master I have ever been handed has bad GSTINs in it. Not malicious — just typos. A digit...

Last month a client sent me a folder of 340 employee onboarding PDFs and asked me to "black out the...

₹37,500 per month. That was the SaaS bill a Jaipur-based textile exporter was paying for automating...

₹3,12,000. That's what Rajesh Sharma's CA firm in Jaipur spent every ITR season hiring three...

₹47,000 every month. That's what my friend Rohit was paying a fund advisory service to tell him which...

₹1,20,000. That's how much a client spent building an automated follow-up system I had to tell him to...

If you run a small business in India, you know the monthly ritual: a folder full of vendor invoice...

If you freelance or run a small business in India, you have probably paid for invoicing software that...

₹40,000 to ₹70,000 — that's the extra monthly capacity my consulting practice has picked up since...

How a Weekend Python Script Saved a CA Firm 209 Hours During ITR Season ₹3,12,000. That's...

₹85,000 per month. That was the AI API bill sitting in my client's inbox when they called me in a...

Over 60% of APAC finance leaders say AI-led automation is their top priority for 2026. For Indian...

₹47,000 every month. That's what my friend Rohit was paying a fund advisory service to tell him which...

Why I Tell Clients NOT to Automate Everything — The Over-Automation Trap ₹1,20,000. That's...

₹37,500 per month. That was the SaaS bill a Jaipur-based textile exporter was paying for automating...

Financial advisors have a dirty secret: they spend almost half their working hours not advising...

Every time I pay a vendor in India, I'm reminded that UPI is just a URL standard....

If you handle Indian invoices for any business, you know the month-end ritual: thirty vendor PDFs...

If you use UPI for everything (and at this point, who in India doesn't?), your bank statement is a...

Last month, my CA messaged me at 11pm: "Bhai, send all April invoices in a single zip, named...

If you run a small business in India, you've felt this pain: a folder full of PDF invoices from...

I track every UPI transaction across PhonePe, Google Pay, and Paytm. Three apps, three different CSV...